IE is a period devoted to either intervention (help in a challenging class) or extension (time to explore new things). Normally, there is a rotation between these topics and others that are suggested. Below is a sampling of what was offered in the past years: NACLO - time to work on practice problems for January’s North American Computational Linguistics Organization. These require analysis of linguistic data, recognition of patterns or systems, and logical problem solving. I ndependent Research Projects - this is time for students who are working on independent projects to simply have time during the school day to simply work on them, to brainstorm ideas with others, or to receive feedback. Examples of projects include social media development, screenwriting, blog writing, preparing for a competition, or graduation projects. Gifted Seminar in a Special Topic - this session is driven by student interest (announced in advance) and has focused on things such as elements of cultural literacy, recent research, a variety of Ted Talks topics, or current issues in society. WAQT - During this session, students play Academic Quiz Bowl in teams, according to the regular rules of play. It is a challenging and fast-paced opportunity to refresh what students have learned or to learn new information while competing on timed questions. The questions rotate between all branches of science, history, literature, math, art, music, and current events. This counts as a regular practice for those on the WAQT team who are looking to earn club credit, but anyone is welcome to come and play. Writing help - Ms Pronko or anyone attending will offer feedback on any type of writing (essays, college applications, science research, etc). If we run out of time, the session can always be continued via GoogleDocs.
IE is a period devoted to either intervention (help in a challenging class) or extension (time to explore new things). Normally, there is a rotation between these topics and others that are suggested. Below is a sampling of what was offered in the past years:
NACLO - time to work on practice problems for January’s North American Computational Linguistics Organization. These require analysis of linguistic data, recognition of patterns or systems, and logical problem solving.
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ndependent Research Projects - this is time for students who are working on independent projects to simply have time during the school day to simply work on them, to brainstorm ideas with others, or to receive feedback. Examples of projects include social media development, screenwriting, blog writing, preparing for a competition, or graduation projects.
Gifted Seminar in a Special Topic - this session is driven by student interest (announced in advance) and has focused on things such as elements of cultural literacy, recent research, a variety of Ted Talks topics, or current issues in society.
WAQT - During this session, students play Academic Quiz Bowl in teams, according to the regular rules of play. It is a challenging and fast-paced opportunity to refresh what students have learned or to learn new information while competing on timed questions. The questions rotate between all branches of science, history, literature, math, art, music, and current events. This counts as a regular practice for those on the WAQT team who are looking to earn club credit, but anyone is welcome to come and play.
Writing help - Ms Pronko or anyone attending will offer feedback on any type of writing (essays, college applications, science research, etc). If we run out of time, the session can always be continued via GoogleDocs.
2015-2016